Review: Crop Organic Spiced Pumpkin Vodka

‘Tis the season for all things pumpkin… which brings us to our first pumpkin spice-flavored vodka here at Drinkhacker, from (of all people) Crop Organic.

Crop has a well-deserved reputation as a purveyor of high-end organic spirits, and despite the novelty nature of anything pumpkinesque, Crop somehow hits another home run with this hip flavor.

Appropriately burnt orange in color, Crop Spiced Pumpkin offers a quite sweet nose with a fragrant, cloves/cinnamon/vanilla spice to it. The body has the inimitable pumpkin spiciness to it — difficult to put into words, but distinctly nodding toward holiday tipples. That said, it is extremely sweet, to the point where you’ll have no idea whether you’re drinking a flavored vodka or a dense, sugary liqueur. From the orangey appearance, observers would be well justified in assuming you’re sipping on Grand Marnier.

Clearly one would never do that — save your intrepid critic — as this is a mixer through and through. With that in mind, Crop has provided a number of recipes for your enjoyment. See below.

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“pumpkin spiciness” – I wasn’t aware that pumpkin had a “spiciness” to it. To me pumpkin dishes always appeared bland unless you added spices. As for the sweetness “like Grand Marnier” – the latter does contain sugar (and loads of it) – but the pumpkin vodka tastes “sweet” but is pure alcohol and water? Could be a boon for gourmet diabetics?

By that I was trying to allude the the ubiqutious “pumpkin spice” flavor that gets dumped into everything this time of year, not the essence of raw pumpkin. So think brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves — and a dash of gourdliness.